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The Roosevelt I Knew
by Frances Perkins
A vivid and intimate portrait of the New Deal president by the first woman ever appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker and he was an attractive young man making a modest debut in state politics. Over the next thirty-five years, she watched his career unfold, becoming both a close family friend and a trusted political associate whose tenure as secretary of labor spanned his entire administration. FDR and his...
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There Is Power In a Union
by Dray- Philip
Philip Dray is the author of At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His book Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen was a New York Times Notable Book and received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Labor Law For the Rank and Filer
by Staughton; Gross, Daniel Lynd
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Labor Books & Ephemera
Officers' Report United Steelworkers of America (AFL_CIO_CLC) : Twentieth Constitutional Convention
by United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh: United Steelworkers of America, 1980. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. Tall paperback octavo in Very Good condition and showing wear to edges and seams, rubbing and light toning to the text block otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 175pp with black, white and color illustrations.
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NZ$34.04
1944 Statement of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation in the matter of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, Jones & Laughlin, et al., and United Steelworkers of America before the National War Labor Board
by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
NP, 1944. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light tanning and wear to covers, stamped "Labor Law Library" on front cover. Although not stated, from the collection of Nicholas Unkovic (1906-1983, a prominent labor law attorney with Reed, Smith in Pittsburgh). 145 pp.
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NZ$76.60
Facts Concerning Steel Wages (1944): Address...delivered over Station WJAS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the National Network of Columbia Broadcasting System
by Stephens, John A
NP, 1944. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, 7 pp, very good, some tanning and light soil to covers. No publisher's information, probably put out by US Steel: Stephens was Vice-President in Charge of Industrial Relations at US Steel Corporation of Delaware.
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AMERICAN RUBBER WORKERS & ORGANIZED LABOR, 1900-1941
by NELSON, DANIEL
Princeton, New Jersey: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper.
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NZ$76.60
![1944 Statement [of Gillies] before the National War Labor Board, Steel Panel, in the matter of Carnegie-Illiinois Steel Corporation, et al., and United Steelworkers of America](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/262/384/1513384262.0.b.jpg)
1944 Statement [of Gillies] before the National War Labor Board, Steel Panel, in the matter of Carnegie-Illiinois Steel Corporation, et al., and United Steelworkers of America
by Gillies, F. M
NP, 1944. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, "Labor Law Library" stamped on front cover, light tanning and soil, 4 pp. Boal was general superintendent of the Indiana Harbor plant of Inland Steel in East Chicago, IN. unkovic.
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Indigenous Peoples: Living and Working Conditions of Aboriginal Populations in Independent Countries
by International Labour Office
Geneva: The International Labour Office, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Hardcover with gray cloth boards in dust jacket, 1953, octavo, 628pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with mild edgewear, some tape to edges, in protective mylar wrap.
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NZ$69.79
The Fight For Unity In Connecticut And The Struggles Ahead, Presented by Joelle Fishman, Executive Secretary, Communist Party of Connecticut, July 7, 1979
by Fishman, Joelle
New Haven, CT: The Communist Part of Connecticut, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1979. First edition. Stapled wraps, 4to. 22pp. Very good. Small perforation to bottom margin throughout, light edge wear to wraps. Contents unmarked.
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NZ$51.07
United Steelworkers of America v. United States of America, 1959: Brief for the United States in Opposition & Supplemental Brief
by Supreme Court of the United States; William P. Rogers
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1959. Wraps. Very good. 2 volumes, 8vo, gray wraps, very good. 97 & 22 pp. The steel strike by members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) lasted 116 days and idled the steel industry throughout the United States. The strike occurred over management's demand that the union give up a contract clause which limited management's ability to change the number of workers assigned to a task or to introduce new work rules or machinery which would result in...
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Industrial Democracy (Revolt, Student Outlook and New Frontiers): Periodical Studies in Economics and Politics, Volumes 1-4, 1932-1936
by Intercollegiate League for Industrial Democracy; Student
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1970, reprint of Volumes 1-4 of the periodical that would eventually be known as Industrial Democracy; previously published as Revolt, Student Outlook and New Frontiers. Hardcover, large 4to., green cloth. Includes reprints of all issues up to Volume 4, Number 8 (December 1936). Near Fine. Light spotting to binding and text-blocks; clean contents. A thick and large book that may require extra postage.
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NZ$204.26
Programme of Proceedings, National Union of Mineworkers Annual Demonstration and Ball, Thornes park, Wakefield, Saturday, June 18th 1949: SIGNED BY MAURICE WEBB, J. A. HALL, HUGH GAITSKELL, AND WILLIAM PALING
by (Lefty Brits) J. A. Hall, Hugh Gaitskell, Maurice Webb, William Paling [possibly Wilfred]
Wakefield, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. One stiff sheet folded to make 4 sides, the back side signed by the four, Hall was the president of the Yorkshire Mineworkers union, Gaitskell was then Minister of Fuel and Power, Maurice Webb was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Group, and Paling -- it could be either Wilfred or his brother William since both were MPs in the Labour Party, sons of a coal miner, and deeply invested in Labour politics and mine safety. Of all four, Gaitskell was the most...
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NZ$255.33
Workers' Guide to Health and Safety
by Jailer, Todd; Miriam Lara-Meloy; Maggie Robbins
Berkeley: Hesperian Health Guides, 2015. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. Wraps, inscribed by Todd Jailer on the titlepage, clean unmarked text, near fine copy.
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NZ$42.56
Showdown in Coal: The Struggle for Rank-and-File Unionism
by Nyden, Linda and Paul
Pittsburgh: Miner's Report, 1978. Paperback. Very Good+. Printed paper wrap with stapled binding, octavo, 20pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has sun to spine and panels, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked, printed on blue paper. No DJ.
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NZ$20.43
Manufacturing Inequality: Gender Division in the French and British Metalworking Industries, 1914-1939
by DOWNS, Laura Lee
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 329 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1995). Review copy slip inserted. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>
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NZ$31.92
Sudebnyi prigovor po dielu obikhovtsev
by Riazanov, N. [actually D. B.]
Zheneva: Izd. Gruppy Bor'ba, 1902. Paperback. Good. 53p. No separate wrapper. 18cm. Stain along fore-edge which get larger on later pages. Text browned. Staples rusty.
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NZ$255.33
The Young Worker Challenges the Union Establishment
by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE); James J. Matles
New York: United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE), 1969. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, stapled wraps, very good. In November 1968 UE General Secretary-Treasurer James J. Matles gave a lecture to a class for shop stewards and local union officers at Latrobe, PA and these are excerpts from the lecture. 8 pp.
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![1944 Statement [of Moore] before the National War Labor Board, Steel Panel, in the matter of the American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, etc.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/240/384/1513384240.0.b.jpg)
1944 Statement [of Moore] before the National War Labor Board, Steel Panel, in the matter of the American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, etc.
by Moore, E. E
NP, 1944. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, "Labor Law Library" stamped on front cover, light tanning and soil, 25 pp. Moore was in managerial capacities at US Steel including a stint as superintendent of the Gary Works. This statement was on behalf of the companies who were resisting labor demands during the war effort for increased wages & benefits. The statement [pertained to the experience of the steel companies] jointly working with the union over a period of seven months in an endeavor to...
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1949 Brief on behalf of the defendant in R. O. Langhurst v. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, in the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, PA
by Unkovic, Nicholas
Pittsburgh: Smith Bros, 1949. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear, tanning and soil; although not stated, from the collection of Nicholas Unkovic (1906-1983, a prominent labor law attorney with Reed, Smith in Pittsburgh), the lead attorney for P&LERR in this matter. 29 pp. The issue was whether persons with seniority rights adversely affected by collective bargaining agreements entitled to injunctive relief.
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1949 Brief for Appellee, Grocery and Good Warehousemen Local Union no. 635 v. The Kroger Co., in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District
by Unkovic, Nicholas
Pittsburgh: Smith Bros, 1949. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. Although not stated, from the collection of Nicholas Unkovic (1906-1983, a prominent labor law attorney with Reed, Smith in Pittsburgh), the lead attorney for Kroger in this matter. 63 pp. Concerning a retirement plan, fund and pension for employees of Kroger.
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Sixth Annual Report of the Safety in Mines Research Board: Including a Report of Matters Dealt With by the Health Advisory Committee 1927
by Mines Department
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1928. Paperback. Near Fine. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 55pp., not illustrated. Book has toning to edges of wrap, binding tight, text unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
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NZ$51.07
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century
by Zinn, Howard; Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelley
Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. First printing. Near Fine/very good +. Biege and red cloth boards in dust jacket, 174pp.
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NZ$27.24
Seventh Annual Report of the Safety in Mines Research Board: Including a Report of Matters Dealt With by the Health Advisory Committee, 1928
by Mines Department
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1929. Paperback. Very Good+. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 88pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has mild toning to spine and edges of panels, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
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Mining The Fields: Farm Workers Fight Back
by Leggett, John C
Highland Park: Raritan Institute, 1991. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 121pp+ index. Wraps just a bit tanned, else very good.
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NZ$42.56
Work Song: Greenville County Museum of Art May 15 through July 1, 1990, McKissick Museum September 2 through October 28, 1990
Greenville County Museum of Art, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. [Exhibition catalog] illustrations (some color), 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Front free enpaper lightly spotted. Catalog for an exhibition at Greenville County Museum of Art, May 15 through July 1, 1990, and at McKissick Museum September 2 through October 28, 1990. William H. Johnson appears to have been the only African American among the eight artists whose works were exhibited. The exhibition was sponsored by Ball Unimark...
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United States Steel Contributory Pension Plan: Effective April 22, 1940 as Amended to March 1, 1950
by United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund
no place: United States Steel, 1940. Paperback. Very Good+. RARE! Printed paper wrap with stapled binding, octavo, 32pp., not illustrated. Book has gentle toning and rubbing to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
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Making Sense of the Molly Maguires
by Kenny, Kevin
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good + condition, jacket shows edgewear, book shows mild overall wear, 336pp.
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NZ$25.53
